Titles starting with U from Margolis & Moss

Paris: Gazette De Bon Ton, 1920. A portfolio of four pochoir plates from Gazette de Bon Ton No. 10, 1920. The plates depict designs for a bedroom interior and furniture by the designers Bagge and Huguet. The folder which held the plates within the magazine, is of the same paper as the plates and is no longer joined at the fold. Otherwise clean and bright. Published in Paris between 1912 and 1925 by "Libraire Centrale de Beaux-Arts" with Lucien Vogel as the director, the "Gazette de Bon T... more information

(Bruge): Desclee, De Brouwer & Cie., (1936). 61 pages. Illustrated throughout in color lithography by Elizabeth Ivanovsky. Octavo, 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches). color lithographed boards with cloth spine. In near fine condition with some age spotting and minor soiling on boards. First edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of children's stories. ... more information

Chicago: George Matthew Adams, 1911. 189 pages + colophon. With a frontispiece by John T. McCutcheon and illustrations by William Stevens. Octavo, 8 x 5 inches. Brown pictorial cloth; top edge gilt; light rubbing to head and foot of spine. Second edition, originally published the previous year. The design of the book and the striking cover are by Will H. Bradley and the cover is signed in the design "B." BAMBASE A71. ... more information

(Wilmington): Atominum Books, (1990). 144 pages. Profusely illustrated with maps in color. Large folio (15 x 12 inches); cloth with dust jacket; as new. First American edition. Shown are 78 large, well reproduced maps, ranging from Ortelius to Colton. ... more information

Philadelphia: Published for the author, 1831. 180 pages. 12mo, cloth backed marbled boards; light wear to boards. An improved, and revised edition of Rose's 1829 publication THE SCIENCE OF ARITHMETIC. ... more information

Chicago: S. Lewis & Co., 1879. 883 pages. Illustrated with steel-engravings. Thick 4to, full embossed morocco; all edges gilt; lightly rubbed. First edition of this classic nineteenth century Kansas mug-book. ... more information

Providence: Universal Winding Company, circa 1935. An album of 64 linen backed gelatin silver prints, each 9 x 7 inches. The images are identified on the verso by type of machine, model number, and the hand stamp of the company. Quarto, 10 1/2 x 9 inches. Sturdy black leather with metal screw binders; light wear and minor soiling. Opening with a photograph of an architect's rendering of the proposed new factory, the album contains 63 photographs displaying a fascinating array of winding mac... more information

Cincinnati: E. Deming, 1832. 536 pages. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. Contemporary speckled calf; gilt borders; rubbed and spine uniformly sun bleached. Second edition, originally published the previous year. This copy has a tipped in leaf, after the title, offering recommendations. The first is from Timothy Flint. ... more information

Ithaca: Finch & Apgar, (1882). 120 pages of percentages. Some advertisements. 6 1/4 x 4 inches. Cloth backed printed boards. A fine, bright copy by this noted Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University. ... more information

Mexico: La Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico, 1936. 43 pages, with two text maps and a large, folding map in rear pocket. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Cloth backed proctorial boards. A fine, bright copy. The large pictorial folding map, 22 x 30 is printed in bold colors and delineates every street and home in Uruapan, Michoacan. ... more information

Salt Lake City: The Bureau of Information, (1915). 80 pages. Illustrated from photographs. 7 x 4 3/4 inches. Pictorial wrappers. A fine, bright copy of this immigration promotional. ... more information

circa 1900. A group of four unmounted, sepia toned silver gelatin prints showing a group of travelers at the ancient pre-Columbian city of Uxmal in the state of Yucatan. The photographs measure 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches or the reverse. Light oxidation to two of the images. The long, horizontal Governor's Palace has been called "possibly the most perfect building in prehispanic America." As the Mayan's never invented the curved arch, the triangular arches at Uxmal are some of the most dra... more information